Saturday, 21 December 2013

THE IRREDUCIBLE DIFFERENCE OF THE OTHER

Open City Docs & Club Des Femmes

present

VIVIENNE DICK

Since her major retrospective at Tate
Modern in 2010, we have been waiting for Vivienne Dick’s newest film. To mark
the UK premier of The Irreducible Difference of the Other we are delighted to
welcome Vivienne along to the LSFF to present her latest work together with
one of her classic No Wave films from 1978, She Had Her Gun All Ready.

Set in the Lower East Side, the film
explores the unequal power dynamic between two people. With Lydia Lunch and Pat
Place.

THE IRREDUCIBLE DIFFERENCE OF THE OTHER

Director: Vivienne Dick. 2013, Ireland, 27
mins

The Irreducible Difference of the Other questions
what it means to be human in a world orientated towards war, terror, and
consumption with Franco-Irish actress Olwen Fouéré inhabiting the two personas
of Antonin Artaud and Russian poet Anna Akhmatova. Key historical moments
are referenced, including opposition to the Iraq war, the Arab Spring and recent
anti-austerity protests, proclaiming the desire for a world which is more
balanced, and which focuses less on exploitation and destruction. An
implicit critique of the male paradigm is embodied by the structure of the film
– a richly textured weaving of sound and images – which posits the need for a
renewal of relationship on both a personal and global level.